Points, yardage piled up Friday night all around

Shelby wideout Ralph Jolly (11) tries to pull away from an A.C. Reynolds defender after one of his five receptions in the Golden Lions' home opener Friday night. (Brittany Randolph photo)

By Alan Ford

Published: Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 03:32 PM.

Numbers, Numbers

Statisticians, scoreboard operators and sports writers had their hands full keeping up with the points and yardage in A.C. Reynolds’ 49-42 win at Shelby Friday night.

The two teams went up and down the turf at Pearley Allen Field at will it seemed for 91 total points and 897 yards of offense from the line of scrimmage. That didn’t even count all the special teams yardage piled up as Shelby ran two punts back for scores and the visiting Rockets picked up a fumble on kickoff and ran it into the end zone for a touchdown as well.

A.C. Reynolds got a 313-yard passing effort from quarterback Levi Ledford with Jave Jones adding 153 more on the ground.

“No. 4 (Ledford) didn’t have a solid game last week (at West Forsyth) but he worked hard this week to lead this team and he did that and made plays when it looked like we had nothing,” ACR head coach Shane Laws said. “And Jave had some big runs for us.”

Shelby could counter with big nights from running back Raekwon Washington and quarterback R.J. George. Washington ran for 165 yards and George passed for 185 more.

“We didn’t do a good job stopping Shelby’s skilled players and they are really good,” Laws said.

Statisticians, scoreboard operators and sports writers had their hands full keeping up with the points and yardage in A.C. Reynolds’ 49-42 win at Shelby Friday night.

The two teams went up and down the turf at Pearley Allen Field at will it seemed for 91 total points and 897 yards of offense from the line of scrimmage. That didn’t even count all the special teams yardage piled up as Shelby ran two punts back for scores and the visiting Rockets picked up a fumble on kickoff and ran it into the end zone for a touchdown as well.

A.C. Reynolds got a 313-yard passing effort from quarterback Levi Ledford with Jave Jones adding 153 more on the ground.

“No. 4 (Ledford) didn’t have a solid game last week (at West Forsyth) but he worked hard this week to lead this team and he did that and made plays when it looked like we had nothing,” ACR head coach Shane Laws said. “And Jave had some big runs for us.”

Shelby could counter with big nights from running back Raekwon Washington and quarterback R.J. George. Washington ran for 165 yards and George passed for 185 more.

“We didn’t do a good job stopping Shelby’s skilled players and they are really good,” Laws said.

Toting the football

It was a big night for ballcarriers in Cleveland County.

Crest sophomore Tre Harbison was a dynamo in the Chargers’ win at Ashbrook, piling up 204 yards and three touchdowns.

Freshman Darian McClain found the end zone four times for Kings Mountain in its victory at East Gaston with 165 rushing yards.

Burns’ Tylan Ruff also dented the end zone three times versus Hunter Huss, racking up 176 yards.

Shelby’s Raekwon Washington went over 100 mark for the second straight week with 165 yards and two scores against A.C. Reynolds.

Surprise, surprise

Kings Mountain’s 2-0 start may be a little bit of a shock to some, given the team’s youth, but the Mountaineers’ early success sets up some big games.

This coming week, a high-scoring Forestview team comes to John Gamble Stadium and could offer the kind of Shelby/AC Reynolds numbers before its over.

Other feel-good stories in the early going throughout the area are 2-0 teams Thomas Jefferson, West Lincoln and North Gaston – which converted a two-point conversion late to knock off East Rutherford 43-42 in another wild one.

Chase is also riding high at 1-0 after the open date, knowing that the team it defeated (Newton-Conover) went on to thrash Lexington Friday night.